Here's the story: A man, a coffee shop, an acoustic guitar and a stool.

It's a familiar scene, but Wells is re-writing the script. And this time it includes inter-species warfare on foreign planets.

His song "Astronauts Versus the Dogs," which is one of several songs based on unusual topics, is about a "team of astronauts coming to a planet run by intelligent dogs" and waging war, Wells said.

But who wins?

"The dogs, of course," Wells said.

And entertained fans.

"Most people really gravitate towards the more strange topic songs," Wells said of his new solo project.

The Fond du Lac High School junior played guitar for The Finnegans, a Fond du Lac band that blended Irish music, folk music, country and old-school punk rock, but the band is "indefinitely disbanded" after two members moved out of state. Wells is now focusing on his solo music.

While he hasn't performed as a solo musician much in the past, Wells has always been writing his own music as a way to express himself outside of the bands he played in.

"I wanted to do more experimental or weird music, I guess, and go to a different place with lyrics, maybe more absurd or funny or just different," Wells said.

Playing without a band took some getting used to though.

"It's very strange," Wells said. "If you have more people, you don't feel as naked almost, you know? You feel way more confident."

He draws influences from musicians like The Beatles, David Bowie, Neutral Milk Hotel and Syd Barrett and calls his songs "psychedelic folk pop."

Though it is a solo project, Wells usually plays with friends on stage and is considering forming a semi-permanent group of musicians to play with him.

You will like my band if you also like: The Beatles

If I could play with anybody, it would be: John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band.